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advice useful in Florida and Canada, New York and California, as well as 

 at Cornwall. I have maintained an extensive correspondence with practical 

 fruit growers in all sections, and have read with care contributions to the 

 horticultural press from widely separated localities. Not content with this, 

 I have visited in person the great fruit-growing centers of New Jersey, 

 Norfork and Richmond, Va. ; Charleston, S. C. ; Augusta and Savannah, 

 Ga., and several points in Florida. Thus, from actual observation and 

 full, free conversation, I have familiarized myself with both the Northern 

 and Southern aspects of this industry, while my correspondence from the 

 far West, South-west and California will, I hope, enable me to aid the 

 novice in those regions also. 



I know in advance that my book will contain many and varied faults, 

 but I intend that it shall be an expression of honest opinion. I do not 

 like "foxy grapes" nor foxy words about them. 









